Ebay Can Go Jump

Posted on 10 April 2008 by Naomi

I’m astounded.

Usually stupidity doesn’t surprise me. People are capable of making incredible dumb decisions, I know. But this one is impressively idiotic.

eBay Australia has decided to limit payment options to PayPal and Pay on Pickup. If you offer Pay on Pickup, you must offer PayPal as well.

If this was all about buyer safety and care for customers, I wouldn’t have much of a problem. I’d be irritated, but philosophical.

This has nothing to do with buyer safety.

This has to do with income.

eBay’s income.

eBay owns PayPal.

eBay charges sellers a listing fee, plus a percentage-of-sale fee.

PayPal charges a percentage for each transaction – between 1.1 and 2.4%, according to The Australian.

Every time I sell something on eBay, I’ll be smacked by three charges from the same bloody company. That goes beyond ‘gouging’ straight towards ‘arrogant’, ‘moronic’ and ‘unethical’.

Oh well. As I said in an earlier post, I’m keeping an eye out for alternatives. OZtion seems to be shaping up nicely, although I have no idea what their selling fees or payment policies are like.

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12 Responses

  1. Bettina, on 11 April 2008 at 10:37 am said:

    I know of one or two ebay stores that moved to oztion cos the fees were less and they seem to be doing ok there.

    So I can’t pay for my purchases by direct deposit anymore?

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  2. Naomi, on 11 April 2008 at 10:50 am said:

    Not after June of this year. Grrr.

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  3. Marita, on 11 April 2008 at 5:01 pm said:

    I’ve been finding ebay more and more difficult to deal with over the last 12 months. This has to be the last straw. I don’t mind using paypal for overseas purchases but local – I’d rather pay by direct deposit.

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  4. Bettina, on 11 April 2008 at 9:57 pm said:

    I always use direct deposit. I guess I won’t be using ebay anymore then

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  5. Anja, on 12 April 2008 at 11:44 am said:

    *sigh* I used to lay ebay. Now I’m finding more and more issues with it.

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  6. Naomi, on 13 April 2008 at 7:43 am said:

    I hope that the bottom falls out of their finances, what with everyone leaving them *evil grin*

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  7. Jayne, on 13 April 2008 at 2:19 pm said:

    I used to use direct deposit but I’ll be going elsewhere now.

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  8. Tracey, on 14 April 2008 at 7:11 pm said:

    I used to love ebay, but I’ve been having problems with it lately. I’ve also had huge problems with Paypal: to the point where I now refuse point-blank to use it. Therefore, no more ebay for me! Problems solved. A pox on ebay.

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  9. Naomi, on 14 April 2008 at 7:56 pm said:

    I’m planning an article on ebay alternatives… only problem is, I really need to buy at least one item on each site, or at least bid! Hmm… could get pricey, if fun… 😛

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  10. leechbabe, on 19 April 2008 at 7:12 pm said:

    I saw in the paper today that the ACCC is investigating Ebay and instantly thought of you.

    Ebay now = Naomi in my world 😀

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  11. Naomi, on 20 April 2008 at 8:22 am said:

    LOL

    Thanks, Marita… I think! 😀

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